Finance Minister taken to hospital

CinammonGirl

16/12/2009 - 12:30:51

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/finance-minister-to-undergo-surgery-438480.html#ixzz0ZrX2BmAUhttp://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/finance-minister-to-undergo-surgery-438480.html#ixzz0ZrX2BmAU


The Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has been taken to hospital this afternoon for surgery.

Mr Lenihan's spokesperson says he has been taken in for a minor procedure that was brought forward.

It is understood he will be out of work for a number of days.





The Snip?

smk89

Lets hope it isnt a consultant who operates.

Otherwise the snip might become more of a 'major' surgery and his wardrobe will need serious updating

SoWatchaWant

lol

Cookie_Monster

I bet he hasn't been on a waiting list for 6 months for it though...

Keano

Faceoff.

admiralofthefleet

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

I bet he hasn't been on a waiting list for 6 months for it though...

like his oul fella

Daysha

SoWatchaWant wrote: »

lol

Not funny dude.

Cookie_Monster

he has to get his balls reattached after losing them just before making the budget.

Gone Drinking

So, CinammonGirl. Do you taste like cinammon or whats the craic?

CrazyRabbit

The operation is just so the surgeon can check if he really does have a heart....and a brain.

CinammonGirl

Gone Drinking wrote: »

So, CinammonGirl. Do you taste like cinammon or whats the craic?

Eh......... no.........

Gone Drinking

CinammonGirl wrote: »

Eh......... no.........

Pity, you had alot going for you there.

*touches her arm*

Lets get out of here

wudangclan

Get well soon,Brian.

laugh

Somebody assault him with a model of Christchurch?

Dartz

We hope he has a recovery as speedy as the economy.

IvySlayer

I rang the hospital earlier to see how he's doing.

They said no change.

ScumLord

It's just a stitch he's been in fits of laughter ever since the budget.

Ebbs

I wonder what hospital he is having the procedure done in, id love if it was a private hospital just to see the reactions of the health sector chiefs.

If it is a public hospital, id imagine the procedure will be done with rusty knives and an axe, I say imagine...i mean I hope.

arybvtcw0eolkf

lol'z

givyjoe81

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

The operation is just so the surgeon can check if he really does have a heart....and a brain.

How did your op go? Find a donor?!

SoWatchaWant

Daysha wrote: »

Not funny dude.

Is "funny" measured objectively?

Get off your high horse.

Mimikyu

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Morlar

I heard it is to get Anglo Irish's right arm (to the elbow) surgically removed.

tony 2 tone

Maybe he is getting the bolts in his neck tightened.

blinding

So making other people pay for your sins can have health side effects.

Oh deary me !:p

Mind you for A FF politician we notice its nothing serious.

RMD

[crap]Rabble rabble rabble I hate Brian Lenihan and his harsh budget:mad:[/crap]

Get well soon Brian, hope you have a speedy recovery.

delta_bravo

Its very interesting to compare this thread to a recent one done by a member of boards about a relative of theirs who was seriously ill. I know this isnt fully comparable but really highlights the fickle nature of people on this site who can laugh and crack jokes about one person they dont know and offer apparently genuine concern about another.

That_Guy

Is he gonna do a John O Donoghue on it and have gold plated surgeons and a chauffer to and from the bathroom when he needs it?

I'd say the security outside his room would be crazy.

CrazyRabbit

delta_bravo wrote: »

Its very interesting to compare this thread to a recent one done by a member of boards about a relative of theirs who was seriously ill. I know this isnt fully comparable but really highlights the fickle nature of people on this site who can laugh and crack jokes about one person they dont know and offer apparently genuine concern about another.

"minor procedure" does not equal "seriously ill".

Huge difference I think.

Red Hand

delta_bravo wrote: »

Its very interesting to compare this thread to a recent one done by a member of boards about a relative of theirs who was seriously ill. I know this isnt fully comparable but really highlights the fickle nature of people on this site who can laugh and crack jokes about one person they dont know and offer apparently genuine concern about another.

True enough. I could also pick some random poster from the members list (who doesn't post anymore), say they were a friend and that they passed away recently, and stick up a condolence thread. You'd get lots of "RIP deathSLAYer2000", "so sorry" and ":("

That_Guy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

True enough. I could also pick some random poster from the members list (who doesn't post anymore), say they were a friend and that they passed away recently, and stick up a condolence thread. You'd get lots of "RIP deathSLAYer2000", "so sorry" and ":(
"

Surely this person would be the last to die. They slay death.... allegedly.

JP Liz

i hope dr hook performs the procedure i know bad

RobbieTheRobber

delta_bravo wrote: »

Its very interesting to compare this thread to a recent one done by a member of boards about a relative of theirs who was seriously ill. I know this isnt fully comparable but really highlights the fickle nature of people on this site who can laugh and crack jokes about one person they dont know and offer apparently genuine concern about another.

Its not really comparable Brian lenihan has chosen to be in the spotlight by running for election and that makes him available for public ridicule and hatred, its one of the perks of his job along with a car, driver and large salary.

Red Hand

RobbieTheRobber wrote: »

Its not really comparable Brian lenihan has chosen to be in the spotlight by running for election and that makes him available for public ridicule and hatred, its one of the perks of his job along with a car, driver and large salary.

If he is a boards.ie member, all the "LOL" crowd will be infracted warned/infracted and this thread closed.

AckwelFoley

I like Brian Lenihan.

Hes one of the nicer more genuine members of the electorate, no bias from the fact his family originaly hails from athlone :pac:

That_Guy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

If is a boards.ie member, all the "LOL" crowd will be infracted warned/infracted and this thread closed.

I'm back seat modding here and I'll be infracted for it but there's a feedback forum if you want to address this.

Red Hand

That_Guy wrote: »

I'm back seat modding here and I'll be infracted for it but there's a feedback forum if you want to address this.

Yep, I'm aware of that.

That_Guy

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Yep, I'm aware of that.

I'm just saying. You don't have to post in the thread. I'll agree with you on a level though that it is bad form wishing ill on someone. I'm sure Lenihan can take the odd joke here and there but I'm sure nobody is wishing that he were dead. There's a line of course but I don't think anybody wants him to suffer.

Mike 1972

but I'm sure nobody is wishing that he were dead. There's a line of course but I don't think anybody wants him to suffer.

I wouldnt be so sure

Overheal

****er should have to wait in line like everyone else.

Mad_Max

Overheal wrote: »

****er should have to wait in line like everyone else.

I'm sure he has private insurance and has been seen to as quickly as others with private insurance.

Dartz

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

True enough. I could also pick some random poster from the members list (who doesn't post anymore), say they were a friend and that they passed away recently, and stick up a condolence thread. You'd get lots of "RIP deathSLAYer2000", "so sorry" and ":("

Most the people here couldn't give a ****... truthfully. They only do it because everyone else does, and they're more embarrassed about by being the one who doesn't, than being the one who lies about their true feelings.

Honestly, would any of you give 2 ****s if I died tomorrow?

Definitely not.

Beasty

IIRC when Margaret Thatcher was ousted as leader of the Conservative party in 1990, John Major, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, was conveniently in hospital undergoing a "minor operation". He managed to avoid any accusation of being involved in a plot to remove Thatcher. He then came out of hospital to win the election to replace Thatcher.

So watch out Biffo:)

galwayrush

I hope he's getting a reality transplant.

InkSlinger67

galwayrush wrote: »

I hope he's getting a reality transplant.

Aye! I agree with that! He probably arrived at the hospital running with a baby and diving for safety from an exploding ambulance a la Garth Marenghi

DaveSlats

He's in for the snip nua.

Especially when his missus finds out.

Brian is in a sort of Tiger Woods situation.

A man with billion-dollar decisions, and what you might do with them, sloshing around in his brain while his better half just wants to bash his brains in with a niblick.

Brian, too, like Tiger is a dark horse.

He has gone in to hospital having accrued the full range of potential or even possible venereal diseases.

Most of them being acquired in the line of duty for his country in the FF tent at the Galway Races.

He has done his family proud by accepting what .........

The rest is libelous.

ejmaztec

He's probably having eyes fitted into the back of his head, or will emerge from hospital wearing a frock and answer to the name Britney.

dresden8

In honour of Lenny's "mystery" operation;

If there was a donor liver up for grabs, in a three way knife-fight, who would win it, Cowen, Lenny or Coughlan?

And why?

DaveSlats

dresden8 wrote: »

In honour of Lenny's "mystery" operation;

If there was a donor liver up for grabs, in a three way knife-fight, who would win it, Cowen, Lenny or Coughlan?

And why?

Dresden8, I wouldn't want any of their livers.

dresden8

DaveSlats wrote: »

Dresden8, I wouldn't want any of their livers.

It's more likely to be yours or mine.

Or some unfortunate motorcyclists. It's quite common you know.

ejmaztec

dresden8 wrote: »

In honour of Lenny's "mystery" operation;

If there was a donor liver up for grabs, in a three way knife-fight, who would win it, Cowen, Lenny or Coughlan?

And why?

If it was a doner kebab, Mary H would wipe the floor with all of them to beat em to the gristle-stick.